MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 258 258 Insertion of new pt 9, div 1A

MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 258

Part 9—

insert—

'(1) This section applies to any of the following under this Act—

(a) the making of an application;

(b) the giving of a document to the Minister or the chief executive;

(c) the lodging of a document;

(d) the making of a submission.

'(2) The application, document or submission may be made, given or lodged only—

(a) at the following place—

(i) the office of the department provided for under the relevant approved form for that purpose;

(ii) if the relevant approved form does not make provision as mentioned in subparagraph (i) or if there is no relevant approved form—the office of the department notified on the department's website; or

(b) in the way prescribed under a regulation.

'(3) Without limiting subsection (2)(b), the way prescribed under a regulation may include making, giving or lodging the application, document or submission at another place.

'(4) This section does not apply to the following—

(a) the making of an application to the Land Court;

(b) the giving, to the chief executive, of a document that under this Act must be lodged electronically using the system for submission of reports made or approved by the chief executive;

(c) the lodging of a copy of an agreement mentioned in section 178 under that section.'.